1. 2012
Krakow
sacrum profanum
misteria paschalia
film music festival
festivals
opera rara

2. www.biurofestiwalowe.pl www.krakow.pl
KRAKOW FESTIVAL OFFICE
The largest festivals in Krakow, spectacular shows for hundred thousand-
strong audiences, music, theatre, film, fine arts and literature events
acclaimed in Poland and in Europe - this is what the Krakow Festival Office
now deals with, as one of the most active Polish public life institutions.
Established to introduce Krakow as the European Capital of Culture in the
year 2000 to the world, it continues its work, introducing new trends in
cultural events and programmes management. It is the Krakow Festival
Office that launched the Sacrum Profanum and Misteria Paschalia Festivals,
showered with awards, as well as the Film Music Festival or the ArtBoom
Visual Arts Festival. The Office also coordinates the most hyped urban
cultural strategy of recent years in Poland - the 6 Senses programme.
Thanks to acclaimed nationwide promotional actions and broad-based
information and publication activity, the Office has established itself as a
vital element of Krakow’s promotional strategy both in Poland and abroad.

3. Our guests so far have included:
Kraftwerk 9-15.09.2012
festival
Aphex Twin
Jónsi
The Cinematic Orchestra
Ensemble Intercontemporain
sacrum
Ensemble Modern
Klangforum Wien
Tomasz Stańko
Steve Reich
Ute Lemper
profanum
Alarm Will Sound
Asko|Schönberg
Bang on a Can All-Stars
London Sinfonietta

4. www.sacrumprofanum.com
festival sacrum profanum
The Sacrum Profanum is one of the largest presentations of 20th century
music in Europe. Critics agree that it is one of the most important music
biletes: events of the old continent. It owes its prestige to the participation of the
tickets:
pln 30 – 150
pln 30– 40 )
( eur 7 – 150 best contemporary music groups, including the Ensemble Modern,
( eur 7 – 40 )
London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Intercontemporain and Klangforum
Wien. Sacrum Profanum juxtaposes classical music with the latest
accomplishments of the alternative stage and ambitious pop music,
tickets available: thanks to the participation of such artists as Aphex Twin, Chris Cunningham,
Kraftwerk, Jónsi and múm. Every year, the festival’s programme revolves
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countries. In 2011, for the first time in history, the American edition of
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the festival was preceded as a preview by a joint concert by Steve Reich
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and Krzysztof Penderecki, organised in one of the most prestigious
www.eventim.pl concert halls in the world – the New York Lincoln Centre. The Festival,
group bookings: recommended by Gramophone, Mezzo TV and the BBC Music Magazine,
reservations@biurofestiwalowe.pl enjoys the acclaim of both critics and audiences.

5. Our guests so far include:
jordi Savall 2- 9.04.2012
festival
HespÈrion XXI
Fabio Biondi
Europa Galante
Marc Minkowski
MISTERIA
Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble
Ottavio Dantone
Accademia Bizantina
Christina Pluhar
L’Arpeggiata
PASCHALIA
Vivica Genaux
Sonia Prina
Maria Grazia Schiavo
Philippe Jaroussky

6. www.misteriapaschalia.com
biletes:
tickets:
festival misteria paschalia
pln 60 – 200
pln 60 – 50 )
( eur 15 – 200
( eur 15 – 50 )
The Misteria Paschalia Festival is seen as one of the most important
European festivals dedicated to Renaissance and Baroque music. It involves
the presentation of music related to the Holy Week and Easter, performed by
tickets available: prominent artists and the most reputable interpreters of early music. During
the Holy Week, Krakow’s churches turn into concert halls. The unique
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with the best masterpieces of the period. The prestigious festival brings
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together three themes: besides the world’s leading historical performers
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(Mainstream), it features budding luminaries of the stage (Debuts), and
www.eventim.pl representatives of popular music with unusual repertoires (Trance). The
group bookings: Festival showcases the best early music performance trends and counts
reservations@biurofestiwalowe.pl among the most ambitious musical events in Central Europe.

7. Our guests so far include:
Howard Shore MAy 2012
film
Tan Dun
Jan A.P Kaczmarek
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Leszek Możdżer
Eric Serra
Max Raabe
music
Tom Tykwer
Joe Hisaishi
Masashi Hamauzu
Bartosz Chajdecki
festival

8. www.fmf.fm
film music festival
The Film Music Festival is a unique project, wholly dedicated to music
accompanying moving pictures. The Festival attracts to Krakow the greatest
figures of the world of filmmaking, music and culture, as well as cinema
tickets: and film art enthusiasts from across the globe. Krakow has so far welcomed
pln 30 – 60 such film music giants as Oscar winners Tan Dun, Jan A.P Kaczmarek
.
( eur 7 – 15 )
and Howard Shore, and composers of music for the greatest cinema
blockbusters, including Shigeru Umebayashi, Max Raabe and Tom Tykwer
with the Pale 3 band. In 2011 we witnessed a presentation of iconic
Japanese mangha and anime productions, as well as suites to films by
tickets available:
Takeshi Kitano with the special participation of composer Joe Hisaishi.
InfoKraków – tourist information network The FMF’s unique trait is the screening of box office hits (including
telefon: +48 12 421 77 87 The Lord of the Rings trilogy directed by Peter Jackson) with live music.
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The Festival has also commissioned the creation of a full version of
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Disney’s cinema hit Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl.
www.eventim.pl The Film Music Festival has also been lauded by journalists from Hollywood’s
group bookings: Variety, who put it on a par with such brilliant festivals as the Spanish Ubeda,
reservations@biurofestiwalowe.pl Belgian Ghent Film Festival andthe Film Music Festival in Tenerife.

9. our guests so far have included:
Fabio Biondi I – XII 2012
OPERA
Europa Galante
Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone
Ensemble Matheus
Marc Minkowski
RARA
Sonia Prina
Maria Grazia Schiavo
Delphine Galou
Philippe Jaroussky

10. www.operarara.pl
tickets: opera rara
pln 100 – 180
( eur 25 – 45 )
Opera Opera Rara is an opera cycle which has conquered the hearts and
minds of critics and music fans alike. Forgotten operas from the 17th
tickets available: and 18th century canon by G.F. Handel, A. Vivaldi and G.B. Pergolesi are
performed in Krakow by the most outstanding ensembles and soloists,
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Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, as well as Accademia Bizantina
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with Sonia Prina, Roberta Invernizzi and Maria Grazia Schiavo. The
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performances are always accompanied by an enthusiastic reaction from
www.eventim.pl audiences and brilliant reviews in the press. During its first year, Opera
group bookings: Rara was hailed as the “delight and festival debut of the year”, as well as
reservations@biurofestiwalowe.pl the most interesting musical event in Krakow.

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